“The Eater” Dir. Wally Chung – 3min – USA
A man has a strange experience that affects the people around him.
Website: http://www.wallychung.com/

“Night of the Loving Dead” Dir. Anna Humphries – 9min – United Kingdom
Nigel is a lovesick teenager living under the tyranny of his wicked sex-obsessed stepmother, Barbara. But he gets more than he bargained for on Valentine’s Eve when he accidentally brings his old girlfriend, Felicity, back from the dead.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9NXOyWgaWc

“Apocalypse Pizza Video” Dir. Andres Fernandez - 4min – France
A film for all the family with zombies, blood, DVD rental and pizzas!

“Bydlo” Dir. Patrick Bouchard - 9min – Canada
An allegory of mankind heading for disaster, Bydlo is a tragic vision inspired by Mussorgsky’s music. A mighty ox emerges from the rain-soaked earth. A prisoner of its yoke, the great beast pulls its heavy load, a greedy and angry nation of people that slaughter each other and sap its energy.
Trailer: http://www2.telefilm.ca/05/516/cannes/2012/films.php?festival=131&id=761

“Lady and the Tooth” Dir. Shaun Clark – 8min – United Kingdom
When the most precious commodity in society are teeth there is only one way to conquer love.
Trailer: http://www.mewlab.com/#lady-and-the-tooth

“Abysuss Abussum Invocat” Dir. Wes Simpkins – 9min – USA
Abyssus Abyssum Invocat is a short film that utilizes stop-motion animation and live-action puppetry to create a darkly comic meditation on capital punishment and religion. The surreal and macabre world of Abyssus Abyssum Invocat is inspired by the animation from masters of the stop-motion craft such as Jan Svankmajer and The Brothers Quay. The film’s title is interpreted to mean ‘Hell invokes Hell.’ .
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/61736369

“Zing” Dir. Kyra Buschor and Cynthia Collins – 8min – German
Day in, day out, Mr. Grimm is busy with his job as the Reaper, harvesting people’s lives. One day, his monotonous existence is interrupted by the doorbell. It’s a little girl. She wants her cat back. Little does she know that she’s the next life on Mr. Grimm’s list
Trailer: http://www.zing-movie.com/sub/trailer.html

“Fuck Off” Dir. Berin Tuzlic – 3min- Bosnia – Herzegovina
The film is about people who neglect animals and arrogant attitudes towards the world of animals. The filmmaker is playing with colors and personifies hope that in this world there is justice and punishment for those who deserve it.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOA5i39L7_0

“Underlife” Dir. Jarosław Konopka – 9min – Poland
An intertextual journey through the areas of memory, flashback and imagination, not entirely conscious sensations that are often evoked by experiencing reality. It is a story depicting very subjective and personal emotions, showing the world woven with cultural themes parallel to dreaming which constantly overlaps the reality in a dangerous manner.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/24306718

“Herman Blue” Dir. Ian Mark Stewart- 4min – USA (Local)
Life is never easy… especially not if you’re a pumpkin. Using over 250 individually carved pumpkins to create, “Herman Blue: The Pumpkin Comic” features a woebegone jack-o-lantern musing on many topics ranging from love and relationships to the troubles of air travel; and all from the “unique” perspective of a pumpkin.
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/themicamonster

Produced by Brian Lonano, Shot by Gary Powell, and animated by Jeff Jenkins.